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GENUS CARPODACUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carpodacus mean?
• GENUS CARPODACUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CARPODACUS has 1 sense:
1. house finches and purple finches
Familiarity information: GENUS CARPODACUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
House finches and purple finches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carpodacus; genus Carpodacus
Hypernyms ("genus Carpodacus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Carpodacus"):
Carpodacus mexicanus; house finch; linnet (small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico)
Carpodacus purpureus; purple finch (North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump)
Holonyms ("genus Carpodacus" is a member of...):
family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)
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